Buoyed by a series of strong debate performances, Mitt Romney is suddenly attracting new support from major donors and elected officials, some of whom had resisted his previous entreaties, as people across the GOP grow more accepting of the presidential contender as the partyâs standard-bearer.

On Wednesday, Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and former House speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) became the latest in a string of current and former elected officials who have announced their support for Romney over the past week. Former Republican National Committee chairman Jim Nicholson, hedge fund manager Paul Singer and Home Depot co-founder Ken Langone are among the major Republican fundraisers supporting the candidate.

"It's all coming together for him," said Cochran, who formally endorsed Romney on Wednesday. "People are beginning to be impressed with him and his thoughtful comments about the issues."

I caught a lot of flack here in 2008, when I threatened to vote Libertarian, since their candidate was more conservative than McCain. Not this time. Two people who will not get my vote?...Barak Obama and Mitt Romney.

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posted on 10/13/2011 2:46:09 AM PDT
by catfish1957
(A politican with a heart usually means they have one hand in our pocketbooks!!!)

Q20 If the Republican race for President came
down to Mitt Romney and Hermain Cain, who
would you vote for?
Mitt Romney.................................................... 36%
Herman Cain................................................... 48%
Not sure .......................................................... 16%

If you want a slick Northeast Liberal and someone who lost to McCain and would lose to obama vote for Rino Romney

If you want someone who calls you heartless because you don’t want to fund the education of millions of illegals
a deer in the headlights Bush number two who will go down in flames against Obama
Vote for LaRasa Rick

Sick of the MSM and the Rino Republican party picking your
Nominee and want a person of integrity, a true Leader, An out side of the political establishment candidate, The anti Obama Get on the Cain Train@!!!

If the Conservative voters don’t get their collective s*** together and end the reign of terror that is Obama then we will be equally responsible for the demise of America as we know it!!

The left will do what the left does: shape the playing field to assure their desired outcome. Nothing new and nothing to worry about. My advice is vote for your desired candidate in your state’s primaries. If you are really motivated and dedicated to your candidate, support him/her with your dollars and involvement in their campaign at your local level. In the general election I will vote for anyone but Obama, even if my candidate did not end up in the Presidential ticket. That said I’ll make sure my Congress critters stick to a conservative agenda so the keep any potential RINO President in check. IMHO, Third party voting or sitting the general election because your primary candidate did not make it is a de facto vote for Obama and the further destruction of our country.

There is no “draft” of a candidate. That feature ended with the advent of primaries. A draft is something they do at the convention and it is only possible if there is a deadlock and no one can get a majority. Can’t happen. Were there to be a deadlock the man with the most money, Rommney far and away, would simply buy enough delegates to break the deadlock.

There comes a time in ones life where enough is enough. You must believe in what you do and not compromise your ideals just because you think you must. As I have written before, I will not be voting for Romney under any circumstances. I am willing to allow this country to go down in flames intead of a slow death by a thousand cuts for many many years and when it is time to pick up the pieces we will be there to show the way.

Life long conservative Republican here.
Mitt Romney is neither.
He is a flip flopping opportunist and I will NOT support nor vote for his sorry RINO ass.
NO more hold my nose and support some flunky just because he is supported by the party.
NO to the likes of bob dole, john mc cain or mitt romney.
REAL conservatives or go fish.

I don’t care what the Carpetbaggers —and Republican Establishment -or the queer Nation say about MittyBoy being the nominee. I could care less I will be voting for Herman Cain in the election.IWILL NOT VOTE FOR ROMNEY AND same sex marriage—and ROMNEYCARE. ROMNEY is a paler shade of Barry SOETORO aka Barak Hussein Obama II.

Yesterday, talk show host Hugh Hewitt was crowing that Romney is already the candidate, He argued that Cain’s success in the debates and his favorable poll numbers amount to nothing because he has no money. Hewitt kept telling his listeners that even though you hate him, “you WILL vote for Romney!”

“I have had it with the lying. Rick Perry is not for amnesty. Get your facts straight.”

The problem with Perry and many other pols, is not that they are outright for amnesty, but they are not actively enforcing our immigration laws. Pointing fingers back and forth between the Feds and the various state’s governors is not cutting it anymore.

The longer these homeland invasion illegals are “allowed” to stay here through govermental inaction, the more difficult it will be to rid ourselves of their scourge. In-state tution for the children of illegals is nothing more than a back door amnesty plan. Try and deport one of these people now.....lotta a luck with that....yep, amnesty by another name, all on your and my dime.

When Perry stands on the border and says “NO Mas” and backs it up with strict enforcement, I’ll reconsider. Till then he, or any like minded minded pol, will not have my support.

All true conservatives should begin donating directly to Cain’s campaign. He is the only consistent conservative in the race for the Republican nomination who has a chance. We can’t have another RINO shoved down our throats as has been done since Ronald Reagan. I made my first donation to Cain last week. If Romney is selected as the nominee, I will sit out the vote for president and vote for the most conservative Tea Party endorsed Republican candidates for House, Senate, and state/local races.

there are still conservatives running. We need to ensure they stay alive through the early primary states. There can’t be a clear decisive winner coming out of the early primaries and into the super Tuesday primaries because the only clearly decisive winner that will come out of thearly states is going to be a RINO IMHO. We should consider forgiving Newt’s transgressions too- also IMHO. what’s more, Bachmann remains the most conservative candidate left. we should all be backing her heavily. she’s smart, experienced, and capable of dismembering Obama in an honest issue oriented debate. I wouldn’t trust her to know Elvis Presley’s birthday but I would trust her to be an excellent conservative president.

When Rick Perry says he is not for "amnesty" he simply means he is not in favor of giving them citizenship. He is happy to legalize them, however, and let them stay here as sort of permanent second class citizens.

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